Grants / Department of Health and Human Services / Food and Drug Administration

PAR-21-174: The FDA's Cooperative Agreement Program for States and Territories to Implement a National Produce Safety Program (U2F) Clinical Trials Not Allowed

Closed Closed March 1, 2023 Opportunity PAR-21-174 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Flexible Funding Model - Advancing Domestic Mutual Reliance Through Strengthened Infrastructure Development and Maintenance for Manufactured Food Regulatory Programs (PAR-27-017). Status: Rolling or no fixed deadline. It is in our archive of Food and Drug Administration notices from 2021.

• Award ceiling$12.5 million
• Total funding$35.0 million
• Expected awards56
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to state and local governments.

• State governments

State Governments U.S. Territory or Possession American Samoa (AS) Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Guam (GU) Puerto Rico (PR) Virgin Islands (VI) Washington District of Columbia (DC) This opportunity is available only to state and territory government agencies with actual or potential regulatory oversight and responsibility over their respective jurisdiction’s farms, produce commodities, and activities covered under FDA's Produce Safety Rule (21 CFR Part 112).Only one application is allowed per state or territory. Jurisdictions interested in involving multiple state or territory entities within their jurisdiction are required to internally coordinate and choose one entity to apply

More grants for state and local governments.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Food and Drug Administration Research awards averaged $1.3 million; this notice allows up to $12.5 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (35% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The overall purpose of this funding is to advance efforts for a national integrated food safety system (IFSS) by supporting state and territory Produce Safety Programs to enhance produce safety and achieve high rates of compliance with the FDA’s Produce Safety Rule by way of regulatory programs focused on quality and national consistency; education and technical assistance; prioritizing farming operations covered by the Produce Safety Rule; and local/state/federal coordination to support an IFSS.

Category: Agriculture, Consumer Protection, Food and Nutrition.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, PAR-27-017, which is open now.

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